Independent methodology, owned by DotMoose
A source-dated snapshot for buyers who want to compare plan shape, term, currency, CPU, RAM and storage before choosing a VPS. DotMoose is included and is not automatically ranked first.
Observed 2026-08-31
Pricing becomes stale quickly. This snapshot expires after 35 days unless the sources are reviewed again. Always verify checkout pricing, taxes, region, IP terms and promotions before purchasing.
C$29.99/mo · 2 shared/scheduled vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 35 GB NVMe
monthly.
No mandatory multi-year term. Self-managed VPS; control-panel choices are separate. vCPU is shared/scheduled CPU capacity, not a dedicated physical-core guarantee.
C$31.99/mo · shown regular C$38.99 · 4 CPU cores · 4 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD
monthly advertised rate. Observed page shows C$31.99 discounted from C$38.99.
Provider page describes the service as self-managed with root access. Discount and regular price are both shown so a temporary promotion is not mistaken for a permanent base price.
C$34.95/mo · 4 CPU cores · 4 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe
1-month renewal rate. New-customer 3-year promotional price observed at C$12.95/month.
The index uses the 1-month regular/renewal price instead of the 3-year acquisition promotion. HostPapa says all renewal-page prices are CAD and taxes are extra.
C$6.20/mo · 2 vCores · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB NVMe
from monthly rate.
Provider currently labels this product line 2027 on the page; this index records only the observed price/specification. Daily backup of the previous 24 hours is shown on the provider page.
Foreign-currency reference set
DigitalOcean and Vultr publish outside our CAD storefront currency. We leave their public amount to the provider source instead of selecting a convenient exchange rate to make a ranking look better.
Verify current provider-native amount at source · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GiB SSD
USD is intentionally not converted to CAD in this dataset. DigitalOcean states Droplets moved to per-second billing effective 2026-01-01 with monthly caps for listed plans.
Verify current provider-native amount at source · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB storage
The vendor pricing page is bot-protected in our automated browser; verify the current Toronto plan in Vultr before purchase. Vultr documentation says pricing can vary by region. USD is intentionally not converted to CAD.
Methodology
We compare general-purpose, self-managed VPS/cloud VM offers near the 4 GB RAM tier where possible. CPU sharing models, storage media, bandwidth, backup, IP policy, support and regional choices still differ, so the table is not a performance ranking.
When a provider shows a long-term introductory promotion and a 1-month regular/renewal price, the index uses the 1-month figure as the headline and records the promotion separately. Where a page only publishes a “from” price, that wording remains visible.
CAD and foreign-currency offers are separated. A future FX-normalized view must publish the exchange-rate source, observation timestamp and arithmetic instead of silently converting prices.
DotMoose owns this page and sells VPS service. That conflict is disclosed. We do not award ourselves a score, invent benchmark wins, or omit a cheaper competitor because it makes our price look worse.
The source dataset records an observed date and automated CI fails when the comparison ages beyond its review window. A monthly scheduled workflow checks freshness even when nobody edits the site.